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We asked our readers to submit their top signs Linus Torvalds needs a summer vacation for our upcoming September 4th edition of Las Mile. As usual, we were not dissapointed. Here's the full list of submissions. And with that, we...
August 29, 2003
  • Suggests that the TCP/IP stack be replaced with WinSock -- Jay E. Morris
  • Sentence written on all his office walls "Where do you want to go today?" -- Matthew Crawford
  • His login theme is the Monty Python "Finland" skit, complete with audio. -- Mark Jass
  • New kernel distro's codename: Saint Croix. -- Mark Jass
  • Wears a Hula skirt and sings "Hono-Linux Baby" while strumming his Ukulele. Matthew Toeniskoetter
  • Laid himself off and sent resume to Microsoft -- Kraig DeMatteis
  • Insistence that his biggest mistake ever was "giving away" the Linux source code -- Nick Nielsen
  • He recently proposed a new alphabet that does not contain the letters S, C, or O.... -- Duke Walls
  • Is noted that he is currently working on an OS that will give Microsoft Windows a run for their money, and is planning on making it free also. Better watch out -- Billy Forrest
  • He considered a pay-per-view boxing match with Bill Gates titled: "Open Sores 2003" -- Rich Gouette
    Files a billion dollar lawsuit against SCO for contributing Linux derived source code to the Microsoft Windows "Longhorn" OS -- Brice Womack
  • Starts having nightmares about penguins that morph into VB programmers -- Dave Perkowski
  • Begins to present a new idea and calls it a Window of opportunity -- Dave Perkowski
    announced his next OS will be something called "DOS" -- Ray Gauthier
  • While focusing on security... he decided to mirror Microsoft windows -- Doug Soulliere
  • He's Starting to refer to his family members as "threads" and household chores as "procs". -- Joe Drobnick
  • He accidentally slips "Longhorn" source code into next Linux kernel. -- Kenn Morris
  • Burnt out and running low on creativity, Torvalds decides to name the next version of his OS "Linux XP". -- Princy Mehta
  • Been muttering to any passerby that his hard drive no longer works at home -- Rick Jennison
  • He's thinking about buying stock in SCO -- Tim McCoy
  • Wants to sell Lindows on every PC in the world -- Isaac Koch
  • Says the command prompt is dead -- Isaac Koch
  • Is getting ready to intruduce Linux, Media Center Edition -- Isaac Koch
  • Decides to build automatic updates into the next release of Linux -- Isaac Koch
  • States that in order to make Linux more familiar for administrators, it will be necessary to reboot every time you make a change (even if you just change your mouse). -- Hector Ramirez
  • To make your Linux experience more familiar, it will incorporate the Blue Screen of Death -- Hector Ramirez

Thanks to all for their contributions!

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